The Town, Conrad Richter. Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1978. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 362pp., illustrated by Conrad Hack. Full dark brown leather with gilt titles to banded spine and gilt design front and rear; all edges gilt; moire endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints; printed on archival paper. Limited edition of the 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction. A beautiful copy in mint condition.
The story of the Lucketts, an American family born in the wilderness, grown to face the changing ways of America during the turmoil that was the first half of the nineteenth century. This is the third novel in Richter’s The Awakening Land trilogy.
The Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize Series was a limited edition series of the 53 Pulitzer Prizes awarded to Novels from the first in 1918 through 1979. The series was published from 1975 to 1980. They are highly sought after as collectibles. Several additional titles are available in this series; please inquire. Pulitzer Prize
